Vermicular Cod, Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1854)

Other Names: Highfin Coral Grouper, Highfin Coral Trout, Highfin Coralgrouper, Lined Coral Trout, Vermicular Leopard-cod, Vermicular-cod

A Vermicular Cod, Plectropomus oligacanthus, at the Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia. Source: David R / iNaturalist. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Summary:

A reddish-brown to red grouper with angled blue lines on the head, and blue spots and dashes on the body and fins, some forming vertical lines on the midsides.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Plectropomus oligacanthus in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/4520

Vermicular Cod, Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1854)

More Info

Distribution	Recorded in Australia from Scott Reef, Western Australia, and the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, and Ashmore Reef in the Coral Sea. The species occurs elsewhere in the tropical, west-central Pacific.
Species Citation	Plectropoma oligacanthus Bleeker, 1854, Natuurwetensch. Tijdschr. Nederl. Indië 7: 422. Type locality: Jakarta, Java.
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Vermicular Cod, Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker 1854)

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